Seven Trumpets

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Commentary

• the churches do not end, there is no cliffhanger.
• churches 1-7 are contemporary to seals 1-7 and trumpets 1-7
• the seals and trumpets end with a cliffhanger:
  • the 6th Seal describes that the sun becomes black, the moon becomes as blood. From OT scripture we can learn that:
    • Joel 2:1-11 when the sun and moon go dark, the Day of the Lord has come.
    • the Seals end with “there is silence in heaven”. When Jesus is in heaven, there is always worship and singing going on, so when it is silent, Jesus must have left Heaven. He is on his way to Earth to reap the harvest and claim dominion over Earth.
    • the Trumpets end with rejoicing of the elders, the wrath of God, judgement of the nations and the Temple opening. We know from 1 Cor 15:52 that at the last Trump the dead are raised incorruptible and we shall be changed. In addition, in 1 Th 4:16, Paul mentions that the Lord comes down with a shout (a Trumpet), the dead shall rise first, and we, who remain, shall be caught up and meet the Lord in the air.
    • The end of the Seals and the end of the Trumpets converge to the same event, just observed from a different point of view.
  • The Churches and Seals have a start in history but do not end. The nature of the Churches can be applied to churches in history and today. The Seals follow a similar pattern: for example the corruption of the Churches is still visible today.
  • The Trumpets have a defined beginning and a defined end and can be applied to events of history.

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Commentary and AI Analysis

Revelation Trumpets V–VI

The Fifth Trumpet (Revelation 9:1–11)

“And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.” (Rev 9:3, KJV)

Core Characteristics

• Origin from the “bottomless pit” (hidden, sealed region)
• Locust imagery (biblical metaphor for invading armies)
• Cavalry-dominant force
• Golden Crowns (The Russian khanate was named the Golden Hord)
• No destruction of agriculture
• Psychological torment: surrender or die
• Limited duration: five months (150 prophetic years)
• Historical Correlation: Mongol Empire
• Sudden emergence from Central Asian steppe
• Highly mobile cavalry warfare
• Psychological terror as primary weapon
• Pasture-preserving military strategy
• Peak expansion approximately 1206–1356 AD (~150 years)

The Sixth Trumpet (Revelation 9:13–21)

“Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.” (Rev 9:14, KJV)

Key Distinctions from the Fifth Trumpet

• Geographic anchoring at the Euphrates
• Explicit mandate to kill
• Use of fire, smoke, and brimstone
• Precise time period: hour, day, month, year (≈391 years)
• Historical Correlation: Ottoman Empire
• Origin and expansion centered near the Euphrates
• Gunpowder-based warfare (cannons, muskets)
• Mounted armies combined with firearms
• Imperial dominance from ~1449 to 1840 AD
• Marked decline after the Treaty of Karlowitz

Why Revelation Stops Measuring Islam After Trumpet VI

After Revelation 9, Scripture no longer tracks Islamic power as a progressive historical agent. This corresponds to the end of empire-by-sword as the dominant force shaping civilization. Post-Ottoman Islam becomes reactive rather than formative.

What Replaces Imperial Conquest?

Following the age of gunpowder empires, power migrates from territory to systems:

• Information and literacy
• Printing and ideology
• Law, finance, and bureaucracy
• Economic participation rather than military submission
• Shift from Geography to Economics and Worship

“That no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark.” (Rev 13:17, KJV)

Revelation’s later judgments focus on commerce, allegiance, and worship because control is no longer exercised through borders and armies, but through markets, belief systems, and participation.

Contemporary powers compared to the 5th Trumpet

Feature	Mongols	Islam	Papacy	Note
Bottomless Pit origin	✔✔	◑	✖	Steppes of Mongolia
Cavalry dominance	✔✔	✔	✖	Locusts represent great armies
Preserve grass	✔✔	✖	✖	Agriculture/farmers spared, they needed horse food
hurt only those which have not the seal of God	✔✔	✖	✖	Spare Christians, except when resisting (historic fact)
Torment not kill	✔	✖	✖	warfare by deception and psychological terror, surrender or die
five months	✔✔	◑ *	✖ **	150 years, from AD1206-1356
Non-preaching force	✔✔	✖	✖	religious neutrality
Hair of women	✔	◑	◑	Long Hair
Teeth of lions	✔	✔	✔	Ferocious
Breastplates of iron	✔	◑	✔	Lamellar iron armour
Sound of many horses	✔✔	✔	◑
Human Faces	✔	✔	✔	Real people, soldiers
Golden Crowns	✔	✖	✖	Mongols nicknamed “The Golden Hord”
Scorpion Tails	✔✔	◑	◑	Feigned retreats
Single destroyer head	✔	◑	✖	Single Ruler, Genghis Khan, the “Ultimate Ruler”

* Early Islam conquests ranged from AD620 under Mohammed and others after his death until AD750, also showing a rapidly growing empire, but missing a lot of the other characteristics of the 5th Trumpet

** The Ottoman Conquest from AD1299 to 1453 could also be considered as the force of the 5th Trumpet, however, the Ottoman empire came officially to an end in 1922, clearly missing the 5 month parallel. The Ottoman empire fits the 6th Trumpet better with the 1Y1M1D1H timeframe from 1449 to 1840 (Oriental Crisis), when the decline of the Ottoman empire started.

Integrated Conclusion

The progression from the fifth to the sixth trumpet, and beyond, reveals a deliberate biblical model of historical evolution:

• Terror without death (nomadic conquest)
• Death without repentance (gunpowder empire)
• Control without force (economic and ideological systems)